Abstract: Amplified motions in vortices have been observed in Gulf Stream rings and over seamounts. This paper uses the near-inertial oscillation approximation to model near-inertial motions in the presence of a barotropic vortical ...

Abstract: An asymptotic method for coupling circulations in basins to hydraulically controlled overflows is introduced. The method is applicable when the forcing, dissipation, and coupling with the overflow are weak, in which case ...

Abstract: The radiation from the mixed layer into the interior of the ocean of near-inertial oscillations in the presence of the beta effect is reconsidered as an initial-value problem. Making use of the fact that the mixed layer ...

Abstract: Using linear wave theory, the rate at which energy is converted into internal gravity waves by the interaction of the barotropic tide with topography in an ocean is calculated. Bell's formula for the conversion rate is ...

Abstract: Probability density functions (pdfs) are employed to evaluate the distribution of velocities in the global ocean. This study computes pdfs of ocean surface velocity using altimetric data from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. ...

Abstract: large fraction of the kinetic energy in the ocean is stored in the ?quasigeostrophic? eddy field. This ?balanced? eddy field is expected, according to geostrophic turbulence theory, to transfer energy to larger scales. In ...

Abstract: sunami-generated acoustic?gravity waves have been observed to propagate in the atmosphere up to the ionosphere, where they have an impact on the total electron content. The authors simulate numerically the propagation of ...

Abstract: The evolution of a coastal current as it encounters an escarpment depends strongly on whether the geometry of the coast and escarpment is right or left ?handed,? independent of the direction of the coastal current. Handedness ...